Microsoft project 2019 is the most used project management software in the world. Enables you to design plans, adjust the necessary resources, keep track of finances and assign tasks.
This program is not included in the Office package 2019, but it is part of the Microsoft package 365. Even though it can also be downloaded independently as Microsoft Visio 2019.
Project management with remote teams
Microsoft Project is a project management tool very equivalent to the other Office applications. This means that you will be familiar with its interface., since it has the well-known tape, menus, etc.
When you open the program, can choose from some predefined templates or create a new project from scratch or an existing one. Once here, you can start working with Gantt charts, milestones, resource allocation and a large number of reporting alternatives.
The new Microsoft Project 2019 maintains the design of its previous version of 2016. The only difference is that it provides new functions so that you can better plan your tasks and make the procedure easier. At the same time, because it is also implemented in the cloud, remote computers work fine.
One of the features this software is known for is automatic scheduling. This is in charge of planning your tasks automatically in the calendar.
Equivalently, the dashboard view is another feature that enables you to add information on a Kanban board easily with drag and drop.
Subprojects are an effective way to integrate projects into projects. In this way, you will be able to track multiple related projects from one project “maestro”. When you make a change, will be reflected in the high-level project.
Link and summarize tasks
And Project 2019, no longer need to memorize task ID to link. You just have to go to the Predecessors column, select the down arrow and search the task list. Thus, it is feasible link two tasks in a project to show their linkage. At the same time, You can find the tasks in the Successors column.
On the other hand, now there will be no more confusion when identifying which task is being listed. This thanks to the new field Task summary name, a read-only field showing the stages of the task.
At the same time, to make it easy to track progress, timeline bar labels have been incorporated. This enables label the timeline bars with the task progress displayed right next to it. At the same time, can show who the bar is intended for.
Undoubtedly, a program with many functionalities and some useful changes to manage, organize and control project flow.
Characteristics
- Simple and clean interface
- Create a timeline with all the information of your project
- Link two groups of tasks and include them in one
- Track project progress with tags
- Various accessibility improvements
- New task summary name field
- Link tasks through a drop-down menu
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